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FXUS01 KWBC 132001
PMDSPD
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2024
VALID 00Z WED FEB 14 2024 - 00Z FRI FEB 16 2024
...HEAVY WET SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG NOR'EASTER QUICKLY
EXITING THE NEW ENGLAND COAST...
...A LOW PRESSURE WAVE WILL BRING A QUICK ROUND OF ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS, UPPER MIDWEST, AND THE GREAT
LAKES THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...
...NEXT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG
THE WEST COAST AND MOUNTAIN SNOW THROUGH THE INTERIOR NORTHWEST
AND NORTHERN ROCKIES...
AS HEAVY WET SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH A STRENGTHENING NOR'EASTER
QUICKLY EXITS THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. THROUGH TONIGHT, THE NEXT
ROUND OF INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN
HIGH PLAINS ALONG A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT. A WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE THAT IS FORECAST TO FORM ALONG THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
SPREAD A QUICK ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS, UPPER MIDWEST, AND THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS
SYSTEM, WITH LOCALLY 6 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS
JUST NORTH OF THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM CENTER. MILDER AIR WILL
LIKELY SUPPORT RAIN CLOSER TO THE SYSTEM CENTER.
MEANWHILE, THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN
WILL BRING INCREASINGLY UNSETTLED WEATHER INTO THE WEST COAST
THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. RAIN WELL AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM
IS FORECAST TO FIRST REACH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DURING THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. THE MOISTURE WILL THEN PENETRATE INTO MUCH OF THE
NORTHWESTERN U.S. AND WILL BEGIN TO INTERACT WITH COLDER AIR
SLOWLY FILTERING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS INTERACTION
WILL EXPAND THE COVERAGE OF SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE
INTER-MOUNTAINS OF THE NORTHWESTERN U.S. THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CASCADES, SIERRA NEVADA, AND
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL,
WHERE AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 FEET OF HEAVY SNOW WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED GOING THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTRY GOING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK
WILL BE RATHER DRY AND TRANQUIL. TEMPERATURES FOR LARGE AREAS OF
THE MIDWEST WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY, AND
WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD TOWARD THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN U.S. ON
THURSDAY. IN CONTRAST, TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOMEWHAT BELOW NORMAL
FOR THE NORTHEAST AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THERE WILL BE THE
BEGINNING OF A SURGE OF AT LEAST MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR FROM CANADA
BY LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS, AND
THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ANOMALIES
ARRIVING BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK.
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